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Chapter VI
There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel. He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney. "So we're back to the blonde woman again, are we?" "I'm afraid so," Rooney admitted weakly. "That's her over there, looking mad."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"So we're back to the blonde woman again, are we?"”
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “"That's her over there, looking mad."”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading "I'm afraid so," Rooney admitted weakly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "So we're back to the blonde woman again, are we?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So we're back to the blonde woman again, are we?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "That's her over there, looking mad."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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From this reading "I'm afraid so," Rooney admitted weakly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
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From this reading "That's her over there, looking mad."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
above and across; more than
From this reading "That's her over there, looking mad."
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
for that reason; with the result that
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
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From this reading "That's her over there, looking mad."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
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From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He lifted his gaze to the ceiling then levelled it slowly on Rooney.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a dreadful silence as the judge tapped the palm of his hand with the gavel.
the speaker together with one or more other people
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in the company of; together with
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From this reading "So we're back to the blonde woman again, are we?"
